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\ Friday, January 29, 1999 Sor by Aaron DeLoach Staff Writer When Bert Sorin decided to come to th years ago, he wasn't planning to be an at be living with some of the best college ath soon be a key player on a nationally rank Sorin, a Columbia native, went to Dc track and field. He finished second in t that good." Something has changed. He was named Most Improved on US He was named an All-American and place He won the Virginia Tech Invitational. I: pionships and 10th in the USA Outdoor Ci plagued junior year. He has since bettered his throw by al in the nation. As good as he is, however, valry on his hands. His roommate, Ryan I only two inches shorter than Sorin's. Ar the recent Virginia Tech Invitational. "He beat me last weekend, which ki on straight," Sorin said, smiling. USC fans and Harrison throwing for the same team ond-place trophies in each of their rooms i Gamecock track team. Sorin and Harrison have a very close, "I had a lucky pair of socks," Sorin sa them so much we kind of blew them out Mart the night before the Clemson mee Then they each threw personal recor Clemson Invitational. "Those are going to stay on me for a \ When asked about his idol, there's no "My fivorite thrower of all time was A discus champion." Sorin explained that Oerter won his age of 18 and continued on to become a fo he and Carl Lewis have accomplished. "He never in that 16 years held the w in the world and was never favored to win utmost competitor he could possibly be,"! And he was especially proud when 0< him while in high school Sorin considers his first All-American "I had battled through a bunch of injui off a couple of meets and [was] injured th Sorin remembered how his warm-ups going well. Two of his first three throws \ for the next level. "I sat there and told myself, 'I'm not \ not compete and not perform like I am si relaxed ... and I made finals in the Nat said. "At that point, it went from utter d< again this year' to 'wow, cool, I'm All-Am? I had ... but it was more memorable. 11 "The public should realize that USC 1 really great things this year," Sorin said, surprised if we break out with some prett or two." Sistei by Michael Strickland Senior Writer ( One of the biggest pieces of the puzzle that is successful basketball, as any coach will tell you, is building team chemistry. While other teams might struggle with that issue, USC women's basketball coach Susan Walvius doesn't have that problem. Walvius' two top players have been together all their lives. The team's leading scorers, junior Annie Lester (14 points per game) and freshman Jocelyn Penn (12.8 ppg), are sisters. From their hometown of Norcross, Ga., to Columbia and USC, Penn has been following in her older sister's footsteps as long as she can remember. "Annie was always the leader, and I was always the follower," Penn . . said. "Everything Everything she did, I wanted to [my sister] < do. I had chances to. . < . go to other schools, Wanted to C but it had always had chance been a dream of t othef SC1 mine to play college basketball with but it had a her-' , been a drea However, this . reunion of sorts at mine tO pl3 usc almost didn't lege basketl happen, for two rea- . , , ? sons. At first, Lester w1111 nerwasn't even sure she could make it Joce at Carolina. Carol,na bask "I just didn t think I was ready for USC since it was so big and in the 1 SEC, but my freshman coach Nancy 1 Harris talked me into coming here, 1 telling me I had the potential to play e here," she said. With Lester's arrival set, you'd think r Penn's was in the bag too. Lester says > xito nn'f fViQ rQCO of all tuai Yvaou L uiu vuou uw uii. "At first, Jocelyn told me she was * going to Clemson. Then she told me ( that she was coming here, but I didn't really believe her until coach told me it 1 was true," Lester joked. That moment was a rare occasion ( where the two weren't on the same page. 1 That rarity is just an example of the 1 relationship the sisters share. i Lester, 21, said she was more than happy to take on the role as men- 1 tor to Penn as they grew^ip, seeing it ( in t ie University of South Carolina five hlete. Sorin didn't know he'd soon 1 -x _ _ xl J. * _ __ xl_ _ ?. 1_ 1J leies in me nation or tnat ne wouia :ed track team. itch Fork High School, lettering in ;he region but claimed he "wasn't IC's track team two years in a row. ;d fifth at the SEC Championships, le placed 14th in the NCAA Chamhampionships, all during an injurymost two feet and is ranked fourth Sorin might have an intrasquad riiarrison, has a personal-best throw id Harrison actually beat Sorin at nd of seemed to get my head back needn't worry, however; with Sorin i, there will be a lot of first- and secind lots of points on the way for the if not unusual, relationship, tid. "Ryan and I both did. We wore - 1 1 TI7~1 mat jreai, ou we iiau tu gu tu vvait and buy some new lucky socks." ds wearing their new socks at the vhile, it looks like," Sorin said, hesitation. 1 Oerter; he was four-time Olympic first discus championship at the ur-time champion, a feat that only rorld record, never was ranked top the Olympics. He was the true and Sorin said. jrter returned a letter Sorin wrote award the highlight of his career, lies all season," he explained. "I sat e whole time." ; at the meet for Nationals weren't veren't good enough to qualify him going to go to this meet again and lpposed to,' and then I just kind of ionals and got Ail-American," he ispair and 'I'm going to screw it up rican.' It wasn't the greatest throw ;hink that is my fondest memory, track and field is going to do some "We're ranked third, but don't be ;y good marks and a championship J 1 act 1 is almost a duty. "Being two years old?r, I knew I had to look out for her," she said. That was evident one Georgia afternoon when Penn was 9 years old. she was so intrigued with her brother's )rand-new three-wheeler, she decided to take it for a spin. Before long, she bund herself headed for the woods. 3ut, as was always the case, her big siser was there to heta. "Me and our mom an after her and pulled the safety cord n make it stop," Lester said. Both sisters laughed when Lester etold that story, but it's that type of support and closeness that makes ;his relationship so special. The two lave gone through life together and feel somfortable telling each other anything. "Jocelyn is my best friend," Lester said. "I can talk to her \ she anytime about famidid I *y? school> us> any ' thing." Penn likewise lO. 1 labeled her sister as S to go her "best friend." I That kind of cohelOOlS, sion is also evident in lw ays their play on the court for the Lady Gamecocks. iy COl- Penn provides the ball finesse game, while Lester is the more powerful inside presence, so they compleV w~% mnnf nnn Qnnflmr npr. lyjl r v il li mvui' tuxv/uxxw ... . fectly. ,et xi p ay er Either way, Walvius is more than glad to lave them both. As Penn has looked to ler sister for guidance, so is Walvius ooking to Lester to provide the lead:rship for the team. "We're looking for Annie to take on nore of the team responsibility this 'ear," Walvius said. As for Penn, Walvius knows that as she learns the game, she'll become an ?ven greater force on the court. Walvius is quick to point out the differences between the two. "They are different basketball playjrs," she said. "They are different peoDle. Annie is quiet, while Jocelyn is probibly the most vocal person on our team n practice and social settings." Despite the slight personality differences, the sisters love seeing each )ther In Gamecock garnet and black. (5ann . * Senior Bert Sorin is ranked No. 7 in this weekend in the SEC-ACC Challer leads wKfjT .V BBKjk Junior Annie Lester goes up for c loss to Arkansas. Her sister, freshi "On the court, it's real nice havir her there with me. It reminds me a 1 ot high school, Lester said. Whether that's a calming influem or not, the two have become one of tl best one-two punches in the SEC th season. In 1997, Lester was the first Lac Gamecock ever to be named to the A] SEC Freshman team, and last year si received All-SEC Second Team reco nition. Lester has continued to excel th year, joining the school's 1,000-poi club, and Penn has emerged as one the top freshmen in the countr Both are in line for postseason honoi Growing up in Georgia, the two didi get to face one another on the coui mostly due to their age difference. Rather, they often teamed up to ta] on oldAr sister Nakia in the backyar ccock Sports I ^ ^ ^ ?4 { |^l r?^>r ^v k-r- 1 N?? ^ ' ' j . ,:a- i the nation in the 35-pound weight v lge in Gainesville, Fla. use -- " * IjSgSm Bp S 1 rHHMgKffl SwImfyHi ,%j Sean Rayford Photo I i shot in the Lady Gamecocks' Jan man Jocelyn Penn, looks for a reboui lg Penn, though, did mention one ot when she faced Lester in a scrimr with the Georgia Magic AAU prog ce "In a way, it was fun, and in a le it was tough," Penn recalled. "No is on my team wanted to guard her, was stuck with her, banging it ov ly the post." 11- The future is bright for these le Lady Gamecocks. Lester, upon gr g- ation next year, wants to take her % to the next level. On the other h is Penn, still just a freshman, doesn't 1 at exactly yet what she will do. of Both agree, though, that no m; y. what they do, they'll do it togethe s. know shell be in the WNBA," Penn 1't of Lester. "t, "I guess I'm just going to alway low her." Who can disagree with i ke plan? Up until now, it's been nearly d. proof. ' ^^pMfcter. ||^^^^^^^gi^a8^f^_Mj|?yV, * ___SBE5 5^MCL_*v ^ith a throw of 67-8 3/4. Sorin and t Supermod Super Bov I by Skip Wollenberg Associated Press NEW YORK - Muscular wrt and shapely lingerie models will I the spotlight with football durrn day's Super Bowl telecast, the biggest attraction for both the N1 Madison Avenue. The World Wrestling Fede and sexy fashion peddler Victori cret are among about 30 advei who are paying Fox Television $1 lion on average for each half-n Super Bowl commercial slot. That amounts to an aver $53,333 per commercial seconc hefty 23 percent from last year. This year's NFL title game, played in Miami, pits the Al Falcons against the defending pions, the Denver Broncos. The price is roughly three tin highest-rated primetime TV seri advertisers are getting a chance t I i off before TV's biggest audience year on a day that resembles a m holiday. The research firm Eisner & JPl dates said its survey of 1,000 jMA last weekend indicates about 7 p of the audience times in just to s 8 ads and more than one-third < to discuss them Monday mornii "It's not just the Super Bowl i ball, it's the Super Bowl of advert Editor Jerry Solomon, who buys 24 mercial time for clients of SFM1 "Everybody talks about the coi time cials. nage Apple Computer Inc. will b ram, in the game for the first time in 14 way The California company is widel i one ited for making the Super Bowl so I mercial showcase with its 1984 ? it on introduced the easy-to-use Mac computer to a public baffled b; two plicated machines from rivals, adu- Apple also advertised the fol fame year, but has been absent since and, Its new ad features the talkin mow puter HAL from "2001: A ! Odyssey" and is set some time atter future. HAL reminds a visitor i r. "I Dave that "computers began to: said have" in the year 2000, creating ? al economic disruption" becaus s fol- weren't programmed to recogn: their new millennium. fool- But HAL notes Macintosh i ' alone worked perfectly and ask: Page 9 ||^ mmr^ sh Hh^_ Jg^vVa ' m- ^'*^WW|^BBEg| o show chief marketing officer for Victoria's ?f the Secret, a division of Intimate Brands. ational Budweiser's Louie the Lizard, the architect of a failed attempt to electrocute the Bud frogs on last year's Super a u s Bowl telecast, gets a tongue-lashing ercent ^ ^.0gg ^ one 0f nine acjs from >ee e. Anheuser-Busch Inc. SXpGCt The St. Louis-based brewer is the of foot- single largest advertiser on this year's ising" Super Bowl, at five minutes and 15 sec3 com- onds. It reportedly paid as much as Media. $2 million per half-minute and will be nmer- the ?nly brewer on the telecast. The company has declined to reveal exacte back ly what it paid. : years. Federal Express has an ad that y cred- shows what can happen when you hire a com- a rival courier ? it shows a hockey id that crowd screaming for the arrival of the intosn Stanley Cup championship trophy, ony com- ly to get a box of donkey feed. The cup , . was shipped by mistake to a rural town I0 ? in Bolivia. Among other regular advertisers, g com m&Ms will introduce a crispy variety "in the ^amous candy, and Frito-Lay will named P^h Cracker Jack and new barbecued misbe- Doritosi "glob- Pepsi-Cola has scaled back to two le they half-minute ads after running five last ize the year- Spokesman Jon Harris said the company will debut a new theme for nodels its flagship Pepsi brand closer to the 3, "You summer season. > M'l < I \ 1 : I HI I , WW i I H K he rest of the track and field team compete els highlight id commercials tike your Macintosh better than me, don't you, Dave?" A first-time Super Bowl advertisistlers er, the World Wrestling Federation, i share gives a look at a "typical" day at its g Sun- offices. year's Executives pummel each other and ' L and bodies crash through glass partitions while WWF stars like the Undertaker, ration Sable and Stone Cold Steve as be- Austin coolly try to dispel "misperrf i 6 mil cePti?ns" about the kind of entertain ainute m matches provide. Another Super Bowl novice, Victoage of r*as Secret invites viewers to tune in 1 up a Wednesday for the first Internet telecast of its annual spring fashion show, being Neither Super Bowl team will be :lanta there, but "you won't care," the ad says, cham- before showing several models in revealing outfits from last year's show, les the "We want to get women to smile es, but and men to take notice," said Ed Razek,